Necromunda Gang Advice

[jaqenhgar]

Morning,
As i've mentioned in another couple of threads i have an Orlock gang and im looking at joining your campaign. what i would appreciate is some advice in setting up the gang. I've joined Yakromunda and started to set up a gang but i have no idea what i should be trying to do with them or how to equip them etc.

any advice is gratefully received.

Cheers

Good advice from Vince. A heavy with a heavy stubber is almost a must, and then lasguns on the gangers, and at least a couple (or 3 juves) to grow into cheap fully fledged gangers after a few games.

I would just add that about 9 starting members is optimal, gives you more income after a game (see income from territory table) and means that you only take a bottle test when 3 members are down, as opposed to two members if you only take 8 to start with (bottle tests start being taken when 25% or more of your gang are down or out).

I regret not taking two heavies to start with, maybe one with a flamer or just a normal basic weapon. That way he can be earning exp from the start and if your other heavy gets injured (eg -1BS or something), you can swap the heavy stubber onto him).

Shotguns are also good due to the different ammo types you can take so they are very flexible - they come with scatter shot and solid shot as standard, scatter ignores cover so is good against targets in hard cover, although they will normally be firing at long range so still -1 to hit, but that's better than -2! You can also look at getting manstopper shells which have no long range penalty so are good if your target is in the open.